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Monday News:

It appears Judson Wallace is returning to Italy, as he's poised to sign with Olimpia Milano.

Moved to the middle of the San Diego lineup, Will Venable has continued his hot streak. This stretch included Venable's 13th home run of the season (video), matching a career best. Venable also shared his thoughts on penalties for cheating in baseball with the Associated Press.

Princeton's game at Penn State will be take place at a venue the Nittany Lions haven't used for a game since 1996.

Georgetown and Oregon will tip the season in an even-less-tradtional venue: a United States Army base in South Korea.

Oregon State suspended a pair of forwards indefinitely.

A number of Princeton basketball slides have shown up on eBay, including this color shot of Geoff Petrie.

Here are stats through seven games for Jimmy Sherburne at the Milwaukee Pro-Am.

Dick Kazmaier passed away last week at the age of 82. Not only did Kazmaier's jersey number inspire Bill Bradley to don 42 but Kazmaier also earned a pair of varsity letters playing basketball. He scored 88 career points including a career high 13 against Dartmouth in 1951.

The Division I Men's Basketball Committee has altered the guidelines for seeding in the NCAA Tournament.



Thursday News:

Mike Francesa brought his radio show to Fairfield yesterday and Sydney Johnson joined him for a 12 minute segment.

Princeton volunteer assistant Dan Geriot is leaving the Tigers staff after two seasons for a position at Campbell.

Chris Young had a rough outing in his first appearance for the Syracuse Chiefs.

In 1965 Bill Bradley was an Oxford scholar turned European champion.

Bradley served as the inspiration for another Rhodes Scholar, football player Myron Rolle.

A piece on new Rutgers coach Eddie Jordan includes quotes from Pete Carril and George Leftwich Sr.

Rick Pitino was asked about what made a number of coaches Hall of Famers, including Carril.

A survey on two possible major changes to college basketball included the opinions of Chris Mooney and Craig Robinson. What do you think about starting practice sooner and/or cutting five seconds off the shot clock?



Wednesday News:

Will Venable hit his first home run of the season (video) and added a bases loaded triple (video) as San Diego won their home opener over Los Angeles.

Prior to Wichita State's appearance in the Final Four last weekend, Bill Bradley spoke about the 58 points he scored the previous time the Shockers advanced so far.

Big Apple Buckets talked with a candid Sydney Johnson about Fairfield's up and down season.

John Thompson III is just one of the countless people in Jeff Green's corner.



Saturday News:

Bill Bradley was selected as one the top 15 All-Time March Madness Players by the NCAA.

After looking for a major league deal elsewhere, Chris Young rejoined Washington for an incentive-laden minor league agreement.

A piece on Michigan head coach John Beilein has several quotes from Richmond coach Chris Mooney.

Princeton recruit Henry Caruso was awarded First Team All-Mercury News status.

Fairfield has already named their captain for next season.

The first transfer list of 2013 includes one Ivy League name.



Wednesday News:

Big Apple Buckets ranks the desirability of the eight Ivy League coaching jobs.

A stroll down NCAA Tournament memory lane stops to talk with Bill Bradley.

Not a shock given the size of Princeton's 2013 recruiting class, but a west coast big man who had once seen interest from the Tigers will officially walk on at Stanford.

Fairfield forward Keith Matthews is transferring.



Thursday News:

Thursday, March 21
(3) Denver vs. (2) Maryland
NIT - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU

(14) Harvard vs. (3) New Mexico
NCAA - 9:50 pm ET - TNT

Friday, March 22
(15) Florida Gulf Coast vs. (2) Georgetown
NCAA - 6:50 pm ET - TBS

Monday, March 24
Richmond vs. Wright State
CBI - 7:00 pm ET

Richmond (19-14) will play on, winning 76-71 at Bryant in the first round of the CBI. The Spiders will stay on the road, next facing Wright State.

A well-defended driving layup by Randal Holt rolled in with three seconds left as Kent State ended the Fairfield (19-16) season 73-71 in the opening round of the CIT.

Denver faces Maryland in the second round of the NIT tonight.

Despite another Kareem Maddox double-double, Newcastle fell to Leicester Riders.

You can vote for Bill Bradley to make the NCAA's 75th anniversary team.

Over at Sippin' On Purple they've been reviewing every possible replacement for Bill Carmody. Today, the pros and cons of Mitch Henderson as the Wildcats' next head man.



Saturday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (16-10 / 9-3) vs. Brown (12-15 / 6-7)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 97-26.
Last meeting: Princeton 63 Brown 46 - 2/8/13.

Princeton Brown
9-4 Home Record 7-5
7-5 Away Record 5-10
0-1 Neutral Record 0-0
127 RPI 252
98 Sagarin 249
90 Pomeroy 236
64.0 Points / Game 61.8
57.6 Points Allowed / Game 64.2
.467 FG% .407
.728 FT% .633
.400 3PT FG% .341
31.1 Rebounds / Game 35.5
9.0 Off. Rebounds / Game         11.0
+3.0 Rebounding Margin +2.1
14.5 Assists / Game 12.4
12.5 Turnovers / Game 14.1
3.1 Blocks / Game 3.7
Hummer: 16.0 Points Sullivan: 14.1
Hummer: 6.5 Rebounds Maia: 7.5
Hummer: 4.2 Assists McGonagill: 3.9
Bray: 1.7 Steals Sullivan: 1.7
Hummer: 0.8 Blocks Kuakumensah: 2.4
Koon: .545 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Ponticelli: .519
Koon: .814 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Halpern: .852
Barrett: .517 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)    Halpern: .361

Syracuse vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Oregon State vs. Colorado - 4:30 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
Duquesne vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Louisiana Tech vs. Denver - 7:00 pm ET - ROOT Sports
(7) Fairfield vs. (2) Rider - MAAC Tournament - 7:30 pm ET - ESPN3

Cornell vs. Harvard - 5:30 pm ET - NBCSN
Penn vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

There is an open thread for site members in the forum to talk about tonight's game, whether you're in the stands or listening at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton going down at Yale on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the New Haven Register and on yalebulldogs.com.

Is Jadwin Gym the best home court advantage you've never heard about?

Tiger assistant Dan Geriot is an 11 seed in this year's Runway To The Fashionable 4.

Bill Bradley (who attended the Princeton women's victory last night) is part of Sport Illustrated's "best of the NCAA tournament by decade." There's also a great picture of Bradley I hadn't seen before in the new SI.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook went nuts (in a good way) for New Trier in the Class 4A Glenbrook North Sectional final.

Central Catholic came from behind to top Jesuit in the OSAA 6A boys semis despite 18 from future Tiger Khyan Rayner.

Serra never recovered from the foul trouble of Henry Caruso in their Northern California Open Division playoff loss to Sheldon.

Fairfield (18-14) got by St. Peter's in the MACC Tournament. Next up for the Stags is second seed Rider tonight.

A win in their regular season finale against Syracuse gives Georgetown the Big East regular season title. Elsewhere Oregon State plays at Colorado, Richmond hosts Duquesne on Senior Night and Denver goes for a share of the WAC crown when they host Louisiana Tech (blizzard permitting).

Around the Ivy League: An 8-0 run in the final minute propelled Harvard (17-9 / 10-3) to a 56-51 home win over Columbia (12-15 / 4-9). Miles Cartwright scored the final eight Penn (9-20 / 6-6) points, including a pair of free throws with less than a second remaining to top Brown (12-15 / 6-7) by two. Dartmouth (8-19 / 4-9) got a career high 28 from Gabas Maldunas in their 76-62 victory versus Cornell (13-17 / 5-8).



Saturday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (13-9 / 5-3) vs. Cornell (13-13 / 5-4)
Location: Newman Arena - Ithaca, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 138-79.
Last meeting: Princeton 76 Cornell 59 - 2/1/13.

Princeton Cornell
7-4 Home Record 4-7
6-4 Away Record 7-6
0-1 Neutral Record 2-0
130 RPI 215
95 Sagarin 219
84 Pomeroy 229
63.7 Points / Game 66.7
57.1 Points Allowed / Game 68.9
.466 FG% .431
.704 FT% .695
.397 3PT FG% .347
31.5 Rebounds / Game 32.8
9.1 Off. Rebounds / Game         9.6
+2.7 Rebounding Margin -1.3
14.6 Assists / Game 12.5
12.5 Turnovers / Game 13.9
3.3 Blocks / Game 3.7
Hummer: 15.8 Points Miller: 11.0
Hummer: 6.3 Rebounds Miller: 6.7
Hummer: 4.4 Assists Cancer: 2.8
Bray: 1.9 Steals Miller: 1.9
Hummer: 0.8 Blocks Miller: 2.0
Koon: .564 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Chemerinski: .673
Koon: .772 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Cressler: .780
Koon: .538 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)    Cressler: .416

Albany vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Fordham - 1:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Syracuse - 4:00 pm ET - CBS
Oregon State vs. Cal - 6:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
Denver vs. Northern Iowa - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN3

Dartmouth vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Yale - 8:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network

Join fellow site members in the forum during the action up in Ithaca, whether you're in the stands or listening at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

In addition to our recap read about Princeton's return to the win column on goprincetontigers.com in the Star Ledger, in the Trentonian, in the Columbia Spectator and on gocolumbialions.com.

Bill Bradley, Princeton/Georgetown and Princeton/UCLA all made ESPN's list of the top 75 moments in NCAA Tournament history.

While the Tigers were handling the Lions, Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick were playing an apparent classic. St. Joseph topped the Bears in double overtime to claim the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament title.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso had a big night for Serra in the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals.

Lots of games to choose from on this action packed Saturday! Fairfield hosts Albany and Denver plays at Northern Iowa to bookend the day with BrackBuster contests. In-between Richmond visits Fordham, Georgetown has a huge one at #8 Syracuse and Oregon State holds a Senior Night tilt versus Cal.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (16-7 / 8-1) topped Brown (9-14 / 3-6) in Providence, 65-47. Behind a career high 29 from freshman guard Tony Hicks, Penn (7-18 / 4-4) trumped Cornell (13-13 / 5-4) with a 79-71 final. Yale (11-15 / 5-4) won 78-67 over Dartmouth (6-17 / 2-7).



Tuesday News:

Ian Hummer represents Princeton on the honor roll of the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

ESPN ranked Bill Bradley 13th on their list of "the 75 best players in NCAA tournament history based on overall achievement as well as singular excellence."

Princeton recruit Amir Bell was named First Team All-GMC.

Derek Needham's three point shot with five seconds remaining lifted Fairfield (17-11) to a 66-64 comeback victory over Iona.

John Thompson III joined Andy Katz on the ESPNU College Basketball podcast. The interview starts roughly 14:00 into the program.

13-1 in their last 14 games, Denver is playing their best basketball of the season at the right time.



Tuesday News:

MCCC vs. Princeton J.V. - 7:00 pm ET

Boston University vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

Howie Levy wrote a great piece about returning to the Palestra as the head coach of Mercer County Community College.

The NCAA's list of the top 75 players in NCAA Tournament history includes Bill Bradley.

In his second year at Fairfield, Sydney Johnson is putting his stamp on the Stags.

Georgetown (8-1) had no issues with Longwood. The Hoyas distributed 25 assists and won easily, 89-53.

The signing of Dan Mavraides by Juve Caserta is now official. Mavraides took the floor with his new team and scored 12 off the bench in a loss to Enel Brindisi.

Kareem Maddox's most recent double-double came on his birthday. Maddox was named to the BBL Team of the Week.



Wednesday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (2-3 / 0-0) vs. Wagner (1-3 / 0-0)
Location: Spiro Sports Center - Staten Island, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 3-1.
Last meeting: Wagner 73 Princeton 57 - 11/12/11.

Princeton Wagner
0-2 Home Record 0-0
2-1 Away Record 1-3
0-0 Neutral Record 0-0
161 RPI 168
104 Sagarin 187
94 Pomeroy 140
60.0 Points / Game 56.8
60.8 Points Allowed / Game 65.8
.433 FG% .371
.726 FT% .675
.350 3PT FG% .283
29.0 Rebounds / Game 37.8
9.6 Off. Rebounds / Game         11.0
-2.2 Rebounding Margin -0.3
15.2 Assists / Game 9.0
14.4 Turnovers / Game 20.0
2.8 Blocks / Game 5.8
Hummer: 17.0 Points Williams: 17.5
Hummer, Bray: 5.2 Rebounds Williams: 7.5
Hummer: 5.6 Assists Ortiz: 3.5
Hummer: 2.2 Steals Ortiz: 2.5
Hummer: 1.1 Blocks Folahan: 2.8
Hummer: .567 FG% (Min: 10 FGA) Williams: .591
Koon: .900 FT% (Min: 10 FTA) Williams: .842
Barrett: .526 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTA)    Burton: .400

William & Mary vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. LIU - 7:00 pm ET
Stony Brook vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Binghamton vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

There's an open thread for the Wagner game in the forum if you want to discuss this contest before/during/after. Fire up the forums!

Kudos to the Full-Court Press, who continues to regularly turn out the only other game previews this season.

Growing pains have hurt Wagner through four games.

The story of how UConn stole victory from Bill Bradley and Princeton in the 1964 NCAA Tournament.

Sean Gregory discusses the idea of allowing college athletes to major in sports.

How do you lose a basketball game by 20 while committing only four turnovers? Ask Northwestern (6-1) who lost 77-57 to Maryland in part because they were outrebounded 47-19.

Despite 29 from Derek Needham, Fairfield (3-4) dropped an 85-78 decision on the road at DePaul.

Denver (1-4) fell 61-50 at Southern Miss.

The Mercer game scheduled for yesterday evening was postponed.

Tonight Richmond hosts William & Mary.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (2-3) lost 85-78 at home to Vermont. Dartmouth (1-3) connected on 11 three pointers but it wasn't enough versus Bucknell.



Tuesday News:

MCCC vs. Raritan - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Southern Miss. - 8:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. DePaul - 8:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Maryland vs. Northwestern - 9:15 pm ET - ACC/Big Ten Challenge - ESPN2

Vermont vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET - NBCSN
Dartmouth vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET

Bill Bradley is the keynote speaker at the Basketball and American Culture Symposium in Austin, Texas on Thursday.

Not much of a surprise to see Ian Hummer representing Princeton on the Honor Roll of the Ivy League's weekly basketball release.

In a move with significant repercussions for Joe Scott's Pioneers, Denver is fleeing the WAC after just one season for a spot in the Summit League.

Tonight Denver visits Southern Miss, Northwestern hosts future fellow conference member Maryland and Fairfield travels to DePaul.

The latest edition of "Sit Down With Sydney" is embedded below.



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